Atwell's In the Middle - Minilesson Step 1

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In the Middle Chapter 6 “Minilessons”


Minilessons: shorter lessons, ranging from 5 to 15 minutes in length that focuses on a specific topic

Benefits:
  • Focus highly on very specific topics
  • Keeps students’ attention
  • Moves quickly
  • Memorable

3 Possibilities:
  1. Techniques for Revising (by demonstrating) pg. 162
  2. Genre lesson and their differences pg. 170
  3. Dictionary/Thesaurus – use of it from words in novel pg. 174

Other Options:
  • Reading minilessons
  • Book minilessonss – compare/contrast with Venn Diagram